Improvement in cord-clamps



S. W. MEREDITH.

' Improvement in Cord-Clamps.

No. 130,143. Patented Aug. 6,1872.

Attorneys.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL W. MEREDITH, OF GREENSBURG, INDIANA.-

IMPROVEMENT lN CORD-CLA MPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,143, dated August6, 1872; antedated August 1, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAML. W. MEREDITH, of Greensburg, in the county ofDecatur and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Cord-Clamps; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereonmaking a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a cord-clamp,

to be used for any purpose where it is necessary to clamp or hold acord, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains'to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a side View of the clamp, and Fig. 2 is a similar View withthe outer casing removed.

A represents a box or casing of any suitable dimensions attached to theplace where the cord-clamp is to be used by means of a screw, a, througheach end. One of these screws also passes through the outer end of apawl, B, pivoting the same within the box or casing. The other screw (1passes through a roller, (3, and forms the journal upon which saidroller revolves. The inner end of the pawl B, as well as the entirecircumference of the roller 0, is toothed, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatthe cord D will be clamped between them.

The operation of the clamp is readily seen. When the strain on the cordD is in one direction it will be firmly clamped by the pawl B againstthe roller 0 without the possibility of its escaping, while by pullingon the cord in the opposite direction the pawl moves away from theroller and allows the cord to pass through. E represents a knob, thestem of which is passed through a notch or hole in the edge of thecasing and screwed into the pawl B, for the purpose of placing thefingers upon said knob to hold the pawl away from the cord to preventits being clamped when it is necessary to run the cord backward in thedirection when it would otherwise be clamped.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the toothed pawl B with knob E and the toothed roller0, all inclosed within the box or casing A, substantially in the mannerand for herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this19th day of December, 1871.

. SAMUEL W. MEREDITH.

the purposes \Vitnesses:

J AMES BAIRN, MARINE D. TACKETT.

